At a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting down of flight MH17,five names hung over those in attendance.
Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
Prominent Russian war blogger Igor Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough.
Two pro-Russian soldiers who were found guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17,plus a Russian army colonel,will be hit with sanctions and travel bans.
Igor Girkin has warned that Russia is in danger of turmoil or even collapse due to military failures in the Ukraine war.
The District Court of The Hague in November found three pro-Russian separatist fighters guilty of causing the downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
More than eight years,three guilty men at large and not a word from the people who could really help find answers.
Australians who lost family members to the downing of MH17 have expressed sadness at the Dutch authorities’ suspension of the investigation.
Prosecutors have evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a decision to allow the Russian missile system into Ukraine.
The three Russians found guilty of killing 298 people may never be punished but there is now closure for them and their families.
The former foreign minister has welcomed the life sentences handed to three men for their roles in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17,but says it’s unlikely they will serve jail time.